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Reyma Deveza

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<p>The acclaimed Filipino movie &quot;Sunshine,&quot; starring actress Maris Racal, continues to receive international recognition as it won the Tartuff Audience Award at the Tartuff (PÖFF Love Film Festival).</p><p>This was confirmed by the festival through a press release published on its <a href="https://tartuff.ee/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacNgLTT2BUp5qF5isJqsWwdxmGa-wNNlnPnTuCWFnFynqeIB9FaUzmtcomONw_aem_km1dcddUsGBrpD4_D2OezA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.  Production company Project 8 Projects also shared the good news via a social media post on early Wednesday, August 13.</p><p>&quot;The audience of Tartuffe can appreciate the cinematography of exotic lands,&quot; part of the release read as translated in English. </p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DNQ0HAgT7c-/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=594&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1536921.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1337" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Directed by Antoinette Jadaone, &quot;Sunshine&quot; tells the story of a teenage gymnast who discovers that she is pregnant before the Olympic trial competition - in a patriarchal country where abortions are prohibited.</p><p>Just last month, the coming-of-age movie won two awards at the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/7/2/maris-racal-s-sunshine-wins-2-awards-at-austin-film-fest-1153" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Austin Asian American Film Festival</a> (AAAFF), which champions Asian and Asian-American stories through film and creative media. The film won both the Narrative Feature Jury Award and the Narrative Feature Audience Award.</p><p>Last February, the movie also won the Crystal Bear for Best Film at the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/1/17/maris-racal-s-film-sunshine-an-official-entry-to-berlinale-1133" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">75th Berlin International Film Festival</a>.</p><p>&quot;Sunshine&quot; was also part of the prestigious <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2024/12/11/maris-racal-s-film-sunshine-to-make-us-premiere-at-palm-springs-international-film-festival-1225" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Palm Springs International Film Festival </a>under the World Cinema Now section. </p><p>Last October, the film also received a nomination for Best Youth Film at the 17th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/7/2/maris-racal-s-sunshine-wins-2-awards-at-austin-film-fest-1153" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maris Racal&#x27;s &#x27;Sunshine&#x27; wins 2 awards at Austin film fest</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/8/1/maris-racal-graces-star-magic-s-block-screening-for-sunshine-1054" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maris Racal graces Star Magic&#x27;s block screening for &#x27;Sunshine&#x27;</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R79fosRXla4?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gGE3xvwbgDY?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1nG3lZUc-Xs?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The acclaimed Filipino movie 'Sunshine,' starring actress Maris Racal, continues to receive international recognition as it won the Tartuff Audience Award at the Tartuff (PÖFF Love Film Festival).</p>

The acclaimed Filipino movie 'Sunshine,' starring actress Maris Racal, continues to receive international recognition as it won the Tartuff Audience Award at the Tartuff (PÖFF Love Film Festival).

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Maris Racal's 'Sunshine' wins Audience Award at Tartuff Festival

Reyma Deveza,

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Published August 13, 2025 11:04 AM PHT

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